Annual Accounts and financial Estimates

(1) The annual accounts of the Board shall be prepared by the Finance Committee under the direction of the Executive Council and shall be audited by the auditors appointed by the Government. (2) The accounts when audited shall be published by the Executive Council and a copy thereof shall, together with the copy of the audit report, be submitted to the Board. (3) The Finance Committee shall prepare, before such date and in such manner as may be prescribed, the budget estimated of income and expenditure for the next financial year. (4) The annual accounts and the estimates as approved by the Executive Council, shall be submitted to the Board which shall consider and approve them with such modifications as it may deem fit. (1) The Secondary School Certificate of the appropriate Grade to be awarded to a successful candidate shall be in the form prescribed by the Board shall specify the name of the candidates, his date of birth as recorded in the application, his Seat No. and Index No. of the School, total marks obtained by him in six compulsory subjects with grade and will bear the signature of the candidate and the Head of the School with rubber stamp of the School. The certificate shall be issued over the signature of the Secretary through the head of the Secondary School presenting the candidate for the examination. Provided that, in the case of a candidate appearing for the S.S.C. Examination under Rule 18 producing an affidavit or a Certificate from the medical authorities in support of his date of birth and passing the S.S.C. examination, an endorsement shall be made by the Board, on his S.S.C. Certificate to indicate the source from which his date of birth is shown in the application form submitted under Rule 18. In such cases, the provision for change in the date of birth made in clause (3) of this Regulation, shall not be applicable. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in clause (10 above certificate of the successful candidates presented for the examination by Secondary Schools which have ceased to be in existence or ceased to be recognized by the Board after sending up the candidates for the examination, shall be issued to the candidates concerned direct, mentioning therein the name of the school presenting the candidate. (3) In the event of an error being discovered in the entry of the name or the date of birth in the anticipation of a candidate for admission to the examination and consequently in the Certificate, an application for correction of such error shall be admitted only when the name or the date of birth so recorded is not identical with the name or the date of birth of the successful candidate originally entered in the school register or in the service record in the case of full –time teacher. An application for correction of such error shall be made through the Head of the Secondary School presenting the candidate for the examination in such form as may be prescribed by the Board. Such correction when made by the Board shall be indicated on the reverse of the Certificate by an endorsement in such form as may be prescribed by the Board.